How To Install Invision Power Board

Install Invision Power Board in the /public_html/ folder of your site

Many of you may have tried to install IPB through the cPanel 'Scripts Library' into http://www.yourdomain.com/ but were not able to do so as you can only install in a sub-directory.
 However if you have Fantastico installed in your cPanel then it is possible to auto-install into the root folder. Enlisted below are the step by step procedures on how you can install IPB on http://www.yourdomain.com/ through the Scripts Library option


Log into your cPanel account. By going to www.yourdomain.com/cpanel or http://www.yourdomain.com:2082/ Once you enter cPanel, click the 'Scripts Library' icon located towards the right of the 'CGI Center' icon
You will be directed to a page where a few Open Source Application choices are listed. Click on ' InvisionBoard'
Now you will be taken into a page where you have to enter the Login details, fill them as you deem appropriate.
In the field that says 'Install at this url': http://www.yourdomain.com/  enter test  forum.
Your installation is completed and your board is fully functioning at yourdomain.com/testforum, but we still haven't finished yet.
Log into your FTP using an FTP program like Ws_FTP.
Go into the public_html folder on your web-space.
Go into the testforum folder in public_html.
Select all the contents of this folder. Right click on it and choose the option 'Move to'. In the destination area for the Move to command, enter /public_html/
Log out of your FTP account and Log in again.
All the contents of the testforum should now be in the public_html folder.
Download the file conf_global.php file, located in the public_html folder to your computer.
Open the file with an editing program like, Dreamweaver or Notepad.
Locate $INFO['base_dir'] in this file, it would be pointing to /public_html/testforum/ , remove the /testforum
After removing it the address should look something like /home/user/public_html , where /user/ is your cPanel username.
Locate $INFO['board_url'] and change where it is pointing to by entering the root URL you want, that is http://www.yourdomain.com/
Locate $INFO['html_dir'], again make this point to /home/user/public_html/html/ and not to /home/user/public_html/tesforum/html
Do the same for INFO['html_url'], $INFO['upload_dir'] and $INFO['upload_url'] and any other field that show /testforum/ is their location
Go to http://www.yourdomain.com/ and hopefully your IPB forum will be fully functional!
This guide has been tested and has worked with IPB versions 1.2 and 1.3

Note: I am not responsible for any damages, errors or any problems that you may incur while following this guide. You are doing so solely at your own risk.

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Author: Neo

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